March 2021
Call and repo rates started to move up from mid-March while the call volumes exceeded the precrisis levels. This was mainly due to substantial...
February 2021
Call and repo rates were steady but the volumes moderated in February. T-bill yields in the secondary market saw ~10 bps hike ...
January 2021
Interbank call market activity rose markedly to pre-crisis levels during January barring 3rd week. Repo volumes were modest and ...
December 2020
AWCMR rose marginally up as the market activity level declined significantly in the second half of December. However, the repo ...
November 2020
Money market rates indicated rising trend in November despite soaring liquidity levels. The month opened with a sharp decline in ...
October 2020
The CBSL held the policy rates unchanged in October. Call rates, which are now downward immobile, were steady and ...
Quarterly Economic Update 3Q 2020
3Q 2020 was shaping up to be the turning point from the depths of economic contraction, but the fast escalation of second wave...
September 2020
The activities in the industrial and services sector seemed to have flattened out and operating with a slack, as seen from levelled...
August 2020
Activities in the economy especially in the industrial and services sectors, slowed down during the first half of August due ...
July 2020
July began with the call and repo rates nearing the lower bound of the policy corridor. Subsequently, the CBSL cut the policy rates by ...